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PRESS RELEASE

Two Heroin Smugglers Sentenced In Orlando

April 25, 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Jorge Luis Alomar-(43, Orlando) to 15 years in federal...
April 25, 2014
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Doctor Sentenced For His Role In Operation Of Pill Mill

April 24, 2014
APR 24 (MIAMI) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue...
April 24, 2014
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 23, 2014
MIAMI - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills...
April 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 22, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - After collecting more than 84 tons of unwanted prescription medications in Northern California and the Central Valley over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April...
April 22, 2014
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Heroin Dealer Endangering Children Sentenced To More Than 18 Years In Federal Prison

April 18, 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Damion Rashaad (36, Cocoa) to 18 years and 9 months...
April 18, 2014
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Pill Mill Doctor Found Guilty

April 18, 2014
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that a federal jury yesterday found Ronald John (58, Brandon) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and...
April 18, 2014
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Tulare County Man Sentenced To 17.5 Years In Prison For Marijuana Cultivation Crimes

April 14, 2014
FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill sentenced Saul Antonio Morales, 49, of Alpaugh, today to 17 and a half years in prison for drug offenses relating to his involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation that he maintained on his property. On October 31, 2013, a federal...
April 14, 2014
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Pair Indicted For Distributing Hundreds Of Pounds Of Marijuana In Sarasota, Hillsborough, And Polk Counties

April 11, 2014
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) and Michael Allen (42, Sarasota) with conspiracy to distribute and to...
April 11, 2014
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East Bay Doctor Indicted For Health Care Fraud And Distribution Of Controlled Substances

April 11, 2014
OAKLAND, Calif. - An eight count indictment was unsealed in federal court this morning charging Dr. Toni Daniels with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances, and willful failure to file a tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI...
April 11, 2014
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Sacramento Man Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine

April 08, 2014
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Mario Medrano, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 21 years and 10 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Medrano was a member of a Mexican-based drug trafficking organization...
April 08, 2014
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